The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Hove region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Hove region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 5 7 4
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 4 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hove 12.12% 14.29% 16.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.29% 15.00% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Average daily rate £300 £213 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+41.17% -32.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
All Job Titles
Hove
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
28 20 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hove 84.85% 95.24% 83.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 14 8
Average daily rate £360 £380 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% +12.59%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £200 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £500 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £13.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Developer
East Sussex

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Developer across the Hove region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hove Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Developer across the Hove region.

Hove Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Developer across the Hove region.

Hove Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hove region that cited Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Developer in their job title.

1 5 (83.33%) HTML
1 5 (83.33%) JavaScript
1 5 (83.33%) PHP
1 5 (83.33%) Photoshop
2 4 (66.67%) OO
2 4 (66.67%) PHP5
3 1 (16.67%) jQuery
3 1 (16.67%) HTML5
3 1 (16.67%) CSS
3 1 (16.67%) Ajax

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hove region that cited Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (83.33%) HTML
2 1 (16.67%) CSS
2 1 (16.67%) Ajax
2 1 (16.67%) jQuery
2 1 (16.67%) HTML5
Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Photoshop
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) OO
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) JavaScript
1 5 (83.33%) PHP
2 4 (66.67%) PHP5